Indonesia History

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Indonesia – Indonesia is officially known as the Republic of Indonesia located in South East Asia and Oceania. The country is an archipelago consisting of 17508 islands. It is spread across 33 provinces and 1 Special Administrative Region. It has an estimated population of approximately 252 million people which makes it the world’s 4th most populous country. The government consists of an elected legislature and a president. The Capital of Indonesia is Jakarta and the country shares its borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia. Its population consists of natives from various ethnic and linguistic groups. The official language is Indonesian. The current president is Joko Widodo. The Rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia.

History of Indonesia
The country has a strategic locational advantage in terms of sea trade which has fostered inter island as well as international trade. Remains of Homo Erectus (popularly known as JAVA Man) and his tools suggest that the island was inhabited by at least 1.5 million years ago. The country was a british colony and has been invaded by the Japanese as well. Hinduism and Buddhism arrived in Indonesia in the 4th and 5th century respectively and the trade relations intensified under the Pallava dynasty.

Around 13th century, the …show more content…

The current plan 2009-2014 is focussing in promoting quality human resources, science and technology development and build economic competitiveness. However there are huge barriers to the same as around 10-15% of the population is below poverty line and employment growth is slower than population growth. Indonesia is doing poorly on the Millennium Development Goal target. It still suffers 228 death per 100,000 live births as of 2013 while MDG targets a figure of 105 death of 2015. Sanitation facility is also poor as it covers only 68% of the

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